He’s doing better than some kids in my band class that have been playing for 2 years in 5 days

Neighbors be like "that fart is starting to sound good"

Putting this on a playlist I call "videos to show students who never practice"

Me: plays trumpet for a year, can’t go above a high D This guy:

took me five years before i could hit a high C, and it took him 19 days

The lick was very well done. An essential for any instrument.

To all those who question his honesty regarding progress... I think it's not inconceivable that someone with a musical background could do this. The only thing I find beyond belief is his ability to practice an hour a day for the first week... I can't imagine the untrained embouchure having that kind of endurance. (Unless he's counting KZfaq watching during that time!) But however you did it, congratulations Sébastien...I hope you're inspired to work towards being an accomplished player!

Bro his tone hurt me so bad but then I realized its better than some highschoolers

To those lamenting their skills: I read that it can take several years of solid practice to fully develop your embouchure on brass instruments, so practice heaps and don't stress.

It's clear this isn't this guy's first foray into playing music. Regardless, as a trumpet player of 30+ years, a band director of 20 years, this guy did a fantastic job in 30 days. I hope he's still going. Work on long tones to develop your tone, lip slurs to develop strength and flexibility in your embouchure, and Clarke Studies to develop finger and air control. Way to go Sebastien!

Did everyone cringe when they saw him stand it on its bell?

you started great off for just 30 days! You have potential, i'd reccomend you keep going! A bit more time and your sound will improve vastly!

He adapted so well to the trumpet! And could play it so easily. I wish that would happen to me once I get my trumept

3:55 Did he just play the lick?

If you managed to sound like that in 30 days, you could be Miles in 5 years. DO NOT STOP.

I remember when i was a beginner. I was the best in my class class and i thought i was hot stuff. But you learned extremely fast. What you did in 30 days, i did in about a year. Keep it up at and after a year, you’ll be trumpet playing monster.

This is such a delight to see that someone can do this. I'm a band kid (have played flute for 4 years), and recently tried trumpet from a friend because I was curious if I could do it. Played from C-G within less than 10 minutes of learning how to play! Decided I wanted to genuinely learn more so I'm getting a trumpet tomorrow! This video made me feel hopeful, lol. Cheers!

It took me over 2 years to play that E that he managed to play in 9 days So jealous

Played trumpet professionally for 6 years before moving in to other things. I've taught dozens of students. Dude! You did very well in thirty days. There is obviously work to be done. A good teacher would do wonders.

Dude. I have students that take months to sound this good. This just proves that daily practice and determination can get you there. Cool vid and nice to see the journey!

He did something in 30 days that I still can't do and I've been playing for almost a year Great job man your truly amazing 🔥

Great job! Maybe Flute next?

Oh my gosh you’re just like me, wanting to learn all the instruments 😂

Been playing for over 30 years and I’m still learning brother...

Sebastien: learns trumpet in 30 days me who's been playing trumpet for 8 years:

It took me sooooo long to reach that above G and this man did it in under a month. Not to mention the amazing tone quality he devloped. Way to go my guy! Ive been playing for about 6 years (not long) and you have already surpassed many trumpet players. Keep it up!

Everyone complaining about him being able to hit the high notes but no one talking about the amount of power and pressure he uses instead of air. Yeah he can hit them but his lips will probably hurt and it doesn't sound good at all.

This was very impressive! Bravo! This is what motivation does to people who are determined to learn something. Many tend to quit once it gets difficult or too confusing but he pushed through all that and is playing better than most middle schoolers and high schoolers that have been “playing” for years. Bravo once again!

i’ve been playing for almost 5 years and he impressed me because he is doing better than some people in my trumpet section.

Wow it was very interesting to watch your insane progress! As someone who's been playing brass for 2 years I've never someone improve so fast, I guess this just goes to show the power of practice.

Great video! I really needed this! After maybe ten hours of trying and failing to get much more than a fart out of my trumpet, I was losing faith that I'd ever improve. Your video showing your steady progress has inspired me! I've realised that I AM improving, but I was just being impatient and expecting too much of myself in such a short space of time. Keep up the good work! :)

Well done Sébastien. I admire your determination. Your approach to learning is good; most don't realise the importance of scales but they do enable you to play passages without having to read it all the time, which is what you are doing well. I have been playing trumpet now for 66 years, mostly professionally but I am still learning very day. Please continue playing.

Im principal euphonium, trombone, and on the side trumpet. And I have to say man, thats amazing. It takes many a much longer time to even begin what you’ve accomplished in that period of time. Great work.

Tip for any brass instrument. When ending s phrase or note, raise your eyebrow. It helps you not drop the pitch. I know it seems crazy but it actually works.

I thought this was one of the most inspirational videos I've ever seen. It's amazing what a person can do when they put their mind to it.

Been playing trumpet for 11 years and was really impressed by your evolution in just 30 days!

Mad lad, I’ve been playing for like 6-7 years and your pretty close to my skill set. Good job and keep it up

This method must be extraordinary. I studied the trumpet for many years, training 4 hours a day, and even today I can't play the Carnival of Venesa well. Congratulations

congratulations my friend, that just shows what one can do with a little dicipline and a whole lot of determination......well done!!

This is way underrated, i am really inspired by your video!

This was brilliant, and I intend to apply the same to Clarinet. Thanks man, now I know it can be done! 👍 And well done by the way 👏

I've just started learning trumpet again recently, after someone gifted me a beaten up old horn. Took me about a month to work out that a 7C was no good for me. Took me a couple of months to work out what mouthpiece actually best suited me; ended up with a Yamaha 14B4. Took me about another month to work out my embouchure on my new mouthpiece. Took me another month to start learning and remembering my scales. Took me about a month to choose a new trumpet, have it arrive, and then another month relearn how to blow on this new trumpet, which is way easier than the battered up horn I was gifted in the beginning. LOOOOL

I hope you keep going because you're doing really well already! I've learned the trumpet for 8 years but this is reminding me I should definitely practice more lol

Found this video to help my kids explore and choose an instrument to start playing. What an inspiration this is! My kids now see the possibilities! Very well done!

Don’t practice buzzing into a mouthpiece. In a mouthpiece you force the buzzing. In the horn it’s just air flow. College professor showed me why buzzing into a mouthpiece is negatively affecting people’s playing. Insert the mouthpiece in horn and play g in staff then pull horn away while you continue trying to play a g on the mouthpiece. You’ll notice you’re not buzzing but the airflow and instrument causes your lips to vibrate. Creates better sound further down the road.

Supre encouraging. I have owned my trumpet for 5 years and can practice a scale/key of a song after 20 minutes. I don't practice regularly at all. I am changing all that. I am going to my first trumpet lesson tomorrow. Time for a human relationship and mentoring. You did well. I want to be able to record 3 part horn lines on my alto saxophone, trumpet and trombone.

Awesome! I am 53 and always wanted to learn trumpet… received my Jean Paul 430 yesterday. Your video is very inspiring!

Great job! I remember the the first time i picked up my trumpet 40 years ago. I still love to play to this day. Keep up the hard work for you sounded real good during your trio piece.👍

As a trumpet player in highschool going on 4 years, I’m very impressed with how fast you learned to play this good. Good job🙏😂

After 1 month he plays just like I played after 3 years, because as kid I didn't really have a reason to play, so I was playing trumpet twice a week, most often 20 minutes before lesson. But the fourth year of my playing I got in to the school orchestra and realize, how bad after 3 years of playing I am. So I started to play every day and I improved my trumpet skills like never before. But the motivation was declining and after one year I played on trumpet just few times in a week. One day I was browsing the internet and discovered awe-inspiring trumpet plays, after hearing it I got the motivation again and this motivation keeps to me to this day. And that's about it. If you're playing on some musical instrument, you must have reason to play, have a motivaton and fixed goal. It's useless to press someone to play, when he doesn't want play, he won't play.

Dang, this is amazing, I know it's an older video but still. He has better tone and range than some people I know who have played for years. His range in 30 days is better than my range for my first 7 years of playing. Amazing work.

Very impressive! It was really cool to see you work out the kinks, like the kind of backing up of air in the first few days, or getting low pressure in high C, and especially how you kind of slowly reduced your general tension which to my ears gives you a nicer tone and especially a much nicer attack on the note, and smoother transition between notes. People saying you can’t hit a high C in 30 days - this man here!! But we can tell you’re a musician (first time on your channel) so I’m impressed but not surprised you managed it :)

I read, somewhere below, a thread about the question does previous experience on another instrument help. Absolutely. After spending years learning one instrument, what mistakes did I make on the first instrument, and what will I do differently this time. Before buying one and plinking around on it, the previous experience will let a person plan another instrument's journey. Does playing an unrelated instrument help? It sure does. I'm beginning to learn my fourth instrument, Vibraphone. First was Drums, which helped learn the second instrument, the Flute, because of a firm rhythmic foundation. The third instrument, Saxophone, was made easier because of the fingering similarity to the Flute. Now on my fourth instrument, Vibraphone, I have the opportunity to think back to all the mistakes I made, like getting out in front of myself and having to re-visit the basics years later. Not using a metronome from the start. Not playing slow when learning new movements. Not focusing on the glitch points, as I heard in this video when he played his scales. Not playing legato on the flute and Sax. Dismissing the value of learning theory as I did on the flute. Now, on the Vibraphone, I'm starting with just the mallets learning to hold and manipulate two mallets in each hand. Starting with the weak side first. Ah yes! Experience from the drumming journey. Next, I will move to the strong side and a mallet instrument practice pad until I can play thirds and sevenths in the left hand over a 12 bar blues. Then, I will add in some coordinated independence by adding the flat 7 in the right hand. Simultaneously I will be working on major scales starting with Gb and working toward the easiest but, I won't spend too much time on scales. Only enough to learn which hand to start on and how not to get tangled up. Almost immediately, I will learn melodies. Bags Groove to start. I'd love to hear from multiple instrument players that have some wisdom to add.

“Almost at high c” plays E above the staff

I've been at it 15+ years now. I will say your improvement is very impressive - well done! Focus on that embrochure and keep the air flowing!

Crazy how much you progressed in only a month! Keep it up and you will be an amazing trumpet player one day and even in a year you will have progressed exponentially

This was actually quite impressing! I think you ve got talent for this! I've played thr trumpet 14 years and still struggle with the high c. Great job! 👍

Your 30 days are better than my 2 years playing in the trumpet

Thank you so much, you have fueld up my determination to learning to play trumpet well, and my motivation is to be able to play for God's Glory in church or wherever nedded. You have inspired me to go and practice with a fresh look at the possibilities and obtain great result in just 30 days! God bless you abundantly!

Your video is encouraging to watch. I’m at the early stage of Trumpet and working on grade 3 . It took me ages to learn my embouchure and I carried on 🎺 really good 👍🏽

Better tone than some of the ppl I’ve been playing with for 5+ years.... not bad at all man

Congratulations! It´s a hard work.

I just got my trumpet for Christmas. This is very encouraging. Thanks for posting this up.

This is epic. I'm wanting to do the exact same thing! It's inspiring how fast you learned!

This is fantastic. I am learning the bass guitar in a month at the moment but want to learn trumpet next. Great work

I think you should get a round of applause for having the determination and practice discipline to hammer after it for 30 days straight. I like people who are willing to take on the challenge of things that seem impossible.

Amazing Man! I respect a lot your hard work and perseverance. With this video you demonstrate that time and effort invested in anything really pays off. Congratulations!

Awesome! I love your determination and consistency. It's not easy learning the trumpet. It takes years to really get somewhere for a lot of people.

Very impressive. The first month of 6th grade band nobody knew what they were doing lol. We all sounded horrible at the beginning. By the end of the month we could do a few songs but still very messy and uncoordinated.

I've been playing trumpet for almost 8 years now, and what you've done is genuinely impressive. I have no words. Seriously amazing. Most people in the high school band I'm in can't play more than a G above the staff, like you just learned to do in a few days. Really cool.

Sebastian, that was super for what you did in 30 days. I just picked up a trumpet and want to learn it so I can play with my grandson.

You are amazing to learn so much in such a short time. Self taught too! Well done my friend. You give me hope that maybe I should get back to the trumpet and work at it a little harder.....who knows.

Your tone sounds so clear to me! Especially around day 8 and 9

Very inspiring mate,cheers

You did a great job! it was so cool to see your progression. As a trumpet player of 8 years, I know how difficult the process is to learn the instrument. You did so much in 30 days! The final piece you played sounded great and I hope you continue your journey of learning the trumpet. Would love to see you try jazz?

Wow! Probs to you! When I started I took a lot longer and I still struggle with the high f and g, but I'm getting there 😊. Love your dedication! ❤️

Always keep both hands on the instrument, And your fingers on the valves even when you aren’t pressing them! This should make it easier for you to become a better trumpet player! 😉

I’m sure you’ve found this out by now, but I suggest not pulling your fingers so far away from the valves when playing, just a good habit to start doing

This is awesome. This should inspire people to try something like picking up a new instrument. Most people are like “oh no I’m not talented enough for that”, or “it’s too hard”. Well look where this guy started and look where he ended up. The trio at day 30 sounded awesome man! In tune and everything. Keep up the good work and I hope you stick with it.

I’ve played trumpet for about a decade, and I can definitely say that’s impressive for 30 days! I’m sure you’re 🔥 now!

kick out the third valve slide so a D can come out only like an inch

Your progress is amazing. I have played for decades and only recently I stumbled across the PROPER MENTAL IMAGE for playing high notes. It is NOT that "playing a low C is like throwing a ball 5 meters, and playing a high C is like throwing it 50 meters." The PROPER MENTAL IMAGE is "playing a low C is like throwing a ball into a pool, and playing a high C is like throwing it into a basketball net." You played a high C once. OK you have it in you. Now find your way back to it. It is about experience and experimenting. And body awareness. And to do the necessery experimenting you need endurance. And that comes with practice. And to make sure your lips get the circulation of blood needed try to reduce pressure. (And returning to that mental image: hitting the net on a free throw is a good thing. But hitting it during a match is what you strive for. And free throw = étude, match = music.)

This was fascinating. Thank you for making it, and putting it out on the KZfaqs. And long live the lick.

That is very impressive for only 30 days. You should keep going. I have been playing for 12 years and it is one of the most rewarding things in my life. You should show us your progress after a year.

Don’t forget your third valve slide when hitting a D. You could also stick out your tuning valve out a little! You are doing great!

Very nice, today I started learning the trumpet and thats just what i needed to see! I loved your progress, what trumpet do you use? Cheers from Bulgaria

As a music major that picked up trumpet 2 1/2 years and is trying for a spot in a trumpet studio, I rly love seeing this kind of wholesome content. Amazing work!!!

Thanks for the inspiration! I was thinking to either try trumpet or not but you gave me a kick in the right place!

Your a natural! Nice Job! The sad thing is you are better than half the trumpets in my high school band!

Hi Sebastien. Awesome job dude! As a music teacher I just wanted to know how you knew what learn and in what order? How did you know what to play/practice each day? Were you following a certain book or were you just following what ever you could find on youtube? Or was it basically just learning what you wanted to learn? Especially as you started with some specific technical exercises, ie Buzzing, then long notes on the fundamentals c and G, then some lips slurs then scales... then songs.... Your thought process might be helpful for me to help out my beginner players. Thanks

Very impressed!! I've played guitar for 37 years but never learned to read music so never learned a wind instrument. Been wanting to but never got the kick to pull the trigger on one. Trumpet or trombone?? You gave me the inspiration to try!! Thanks!!! And I must also say well done!!!! Blessings!!

This shows that if you put the time into practicing you can improve very quickly. Nice job!

Awesome project. One question though -- did you count watching youtube videos in the practice time? Or is it just practicing with the instrument in hand

okay, so what can i say? maybe this: thank you for destroying all my dreams! i have been playing the trumpet now for some 1 1/2 years, and i am far from what you are able to do on the trumpet. so maybe i better stop. now i see what is possible when you have got talent. i obviously don't have it. keep going! you are incredibly gifted. you can become a great player!

Great job - planning to start learning the Trumpet, have learnt the Tenor horn a bit year ago but I am amazed at the progress of just 30 hours of playing especially the embouchure which can take a while to get comfortable with!

This is the encouragement beginners need to force themselves to get started. Thanks!

Please do a trombone one! (If u don’t want to rent one, I advice using a pBone)

Great start just need a couple hundred hours if long tones to get tone to a reasonable level

Wonderful work. I love seeing this work ethic and talent. Keep up the practice!